<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div>Please forgive brevity and any typographical errors that might have occurred as a result of dictation.</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Columbus City Schools" <<a href="mailto:CCS@public.govdelivery.com">CCS@public.govdelivery.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> December 20, 2017 at 2:45:55 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:peduffy63@gmail.com">peduffy63@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>ADVISORY: District to Unveil First-of-its-Kind Free Short Story Kiosks to Promote Reading</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> <a href="mailto:CCS@public.govdelivery.com">CCS@public.govdelivery.com</a><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<h1 style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 110%; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: arial black,avant garde; font-size: 20px; margin: 13.4px 0px;" align="left">FIRST IN THE MIDWEST: Columbus City Schools to unveil new Automated Short Story Kiosks to Promote Citywide Reading and Literacy Skills</h1>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left">In one of his last actions as Superintendent/CEO of Columbus City Schools, Dr. Dan Good will unveil the city’s first ever Automated Short Story Kiosks - similar to an ATM that dispenses free short stories - to promote reading and literacy skills in both young readers and older.</p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%;">Columbus City Schools will be the first school district worldwide to deploy these devices, which have become very popular in France where they are manufactured by Short Édition, a Grenoble-based publisher.</span></p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%;">A first for the Midwest, Columbus will join only five other cities in the United States that have similar kiosks: West Palm Beach (FL), Boston, State College (PA), Irvine (CA), and San Francisco.</span></p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%;">Printed out on rolls of paper like a receipt, the free short stories are available at the touch of a button - selecting either “Stories for Young Readers” or “Stories for Everyone” - with the fictional tales ranging in length from one to five minutes of reading.</span></p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%;">For now, the stories will come from Short Édition’s vast catalogs. In future years, the District will supplement those catalogs with short stories written specifically for and by Columbus City Schools’ students and staff.</span></p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%;">Columbus City Schools has five of these Automated Short Story Kiosks, which were given to the District at no charge by the Pizzuti Company as part of an innovative tax agreement.</span></p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%;">The first Automated Short Story Kiosk will be placed in the District’s newly-renovated Central Enrollment Center when construction is complete in the Spring. Other locations are still being worked out, with the goal of placing the kiosks in locations where young people might not have access to age-appropriate reading materials, such as waiting rooms, government offices, or shopping areas.</span></p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left">WHAT:<br class="shift"><b>District to Unveil First-of-its-Kind Automated Short Story Kiosks</b></p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left">WHO:<br class="shift"><b>Superintendent Dr. Dan Good, District Officials</b></p>
<p class="gd_p" style="text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; line-height: 140%; color: #2A2928; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0;" align="left">WHEN:<br class="shift"><b>Thursday, December 21, at 2:00 p.m.</b></p>
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